associationist

English

Etymology

association +‎ -ist

Noun

associationist (plural associationists)

1. (philosophy) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of John Stuart Mill to this entry?)

2. (psychology) A proponent of associationism.
   • 1995, Richard Olson, Science Deified & Science Defied:

     Only a full-scale analysis of the origin and development of our sensations and ideas can provide this knowledge; so Hartley's associationist psychology becomes the prerequisite for moral knowledge.

3. (Islam) a mushrik; one who ascribes partners to Allah (God) or believes in the Trinity. (Can we add an example for this sense?)